Automatic poultry-feeding apparatus.



P. R. PARKS.

AUTOMATIC POULTRY FEEDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

UNITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK ROW PARKS, OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK.

AUTOMATIC POULTRY-FEEDING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may conce'm: I

Be it known that I, FREDERICK R. PARKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamburg, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Poultry-Feeding Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference poultry feedirjlg apparatus and comprises a simple and ecient apparatus of this nature having various details of constructionand combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafterfully described and then specifically definedin the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of a feed ing apparatus made in accordance withmy invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional.

view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a disk having legs B fixed thereto adapted to support thesame, and G is a disk with a flange C about its circumference andbetween said disks are ball-bearings D working in grooves in said disks.Rising from said disk A is a rod or standard E, having its upper endcircumferentially threaded, and a hollow tube F rises from the disk Cand telescopes over said rod and projects above its upper end. A bracketarm G is fastened to the upper portion of said tube and carries a setscrew G. A second bracket arm, designated by letter H, is fastened to atube I which telescopes over said rod. The bracket member H has anindenture F for the reception of the end of the set screw. A hopper,designated by letter K, is mounted upon the upper end of the tube I andhas slots or perforations K therein adapted to allow said seed to falltherethrough upon the deflector N fastened to the tube H a slightdistance below the hopper. A cover '0, having arms 0, is held by meansof set screws to the hopper and is provided for the purpose of pre-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Serial No. 628,672.

venting fowl having access to the contents of the hopper.

A disk S is fastened to the upper threaded end of the rod and is adaptedto regulate the feeding of the seed by the raising and lowering of thehopper through the medium of the set screw and the bracket arms asdescribed.

Projecting from the upper surface of the disk C are the arms T which arepreferably to be embedded in straw T surrounding the lower portion ofthe hopper and in which the seed is adapted to fall. Said arms T willcause the hopper to rotate when the hens scratch in thestraw and movethe arms. An inclosure, designated by letter W, which may be circular orother shape, surrounds the device andconfines the straw within a limitedspace.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood and is asfollows :The seed being placed within the hopper will fall through theopenings in the bottom thereof,

fitted to the threaded end of the rod and the.

bottom of the hopper. As the hens scratch for the seed in the strawabout the lower portion of the device, the disk C and the parts carriedthereby will be given a rotary movement which will have a tendency tocause the seed to be readily fed and dropped to the ground.

What I claim to be new is 1. An automatic poultry feeding apparatus,comprising a standard with its upper end threaded, a tube telescopingover said standard, a disk fitted to said standard, arms projecting fromthe disk, forming means whereby the disk may be rotated, a hopper, atube projecting from an opening in the bottom thereof and adapted totelescope over said standard, a disk mounted upon the threaded end ofthe standard and positioned within the hopper, and means for raising andlowering the hopper.

2. An automatic poultry feeding apparatus, comprising a standard withits upper end threaded, a tube telescoping over said standard, a diskfitted to said standard, arms projecting from the disk, forming meanswhereby the disk may be rotated, a hopper, a tube projecting-from anopening in the bottom thereof and adapted to telescope over saidstandard, a disk mounted upon the threaded end of the standard andpositioned within the hopper, a bracket arm fixed to said tube whichrises from the disk, a thumb screw carried by said bracket arm, abracket member mounted upon the tube which telescopes over a portion ofthe standard and against which the thumb screw is adapted to bear.

3. In combination with a standard, a disk upon which the latter issupported, legs upon the disk, a tube telescoping over the standard, adisk fastened to said tube and having a flange extending over the disksupporting the standard, ball-bearings between the disks, armsprojecting from the disk to which said tube is fastened, a hopper, atube communicating with an aperture in the perforated bottom of thehopper and telescoping over the upper end of the standard, and means forregulating the feeding .of the seed from the hopper.

4. In combination with a standard, a disk upon which the latter issupported, legsupon the disk, a tube telescoping over the standard, adisk fastened to said tube and having a flange extending over the disksupporting the standard, ball-bearings between the disks, armsprojecting from the disk to which said tube is fastened, a hopper, atube communicating with an aperture in the perforated bottom of thehopper and telescoping over the upper end of the standard, means forregulating the feeding of the seed from the hopper, a disk fitted to theupper end of the standard and positioned in the hopper, bracketsfastened one to each of the tubings which telescope over the standard,and a thumb'screw mounted in a threaded apparatus in one bracket memberand bearing against the other bracket member.

5. An automatic poultry feeding appatus comprising a standard, a tubetelescoping over the same and rotatable thereon, a hopper with aperforated bottom, a tube communicating with an opening in the bottom ofthe hopper and telescoping over said standard, a protecting devicefastened over the hopper, a deflector fastened to the tubing whichcommunicates with the hopper, a disk upon the hopper end of the standardandpositioned in said hopper, and means for adjusting the hopper.

6. An automatic poultry feeding apparatus comprising a standard, a tubetele scoping over the same and rotatable thereon, a hopper with aperforated bottom, a tube communicating with an opening in the bottom ofthe hopper and telescoping over said standard, a protecting devicefastened over the hopper, a deflector fastened to the tubing whichcommunicates with the hopper, a disk upon the upper end of the standardand positioned in said hopper, means for adjusting the hopper, armsrotatable about the standard, and an inclosure about the lower portionof the apparatus.

. In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

. FREDERICK ROW PARKS.

Witnesses:

EMMA A. PARKS, DANIEL MCCARTHY.

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